COPP-1023 A. Introduction to Policy Studies

This course introduces students to the policy making process, how policies are researched, drafted, legislated, and communicated. The course will also explore how non-governmental organizations, citizens groups and corporations influence public policy decisions. This course will prepare students to choose a Focus Area to complete their COPP Major.

About Me

Dr. Gillies was born in Victoria, British Columbia and has lived in Vancouver, Washington, D.C., Glasgow, Scotland and Ann Arbor, Michigan before settling here in Fredericton. He has a B.A. from the University of Victoria and completed both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 2011. In 2007, he was a Canada-United States Fulbright Scholar in Washington, D.C. and a Guest Scholar in the Brookings Institution Governance Studies Program and at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. From 2009-2012, Dr. Gillies was Visiting Faculty at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He has also taught at the University of Glasgow, the University of Victoria, and at the University of New Brunswick.